{"product_id":"monumental-napoleon-iii-porcelain-urns-hand-painted-turquoise-gilt-bronze-matching-pair","title":"Monumental Napoléon III Porcelain Urns — Hand-Painted Turquoise \u0026 Gilt Bronze Matching Pair","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnificent pair of monumental porcelain urns in the grand Napoléon III tradition, each rising from a cast bronze octagonal plinth to a domed finial lid. The vivid cerulean ground — a deep, luminous turquoise characteristic of the finest nineteenth-century decorative porcelain — is enriched with elaborate gilt bronze surface ornament: scrolling acanthus tracery, lattice reserves, and a pair of bronze bird-form handles that flank each vessel with aristocratic poise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach urn bears a distinct hand-painted cartouche at its centre, framed in gilt and set against a warm ochre ground. The first depicts a romantic winter landscape — bare trees, a distant village, and two figures in a snow-dusted scene of quiet melancholy. The second presents a lush floral bouquet of roses, peonies, and wild blooms rendered with botanical precision and painterly softness. That each side of the pair tells a different story is the mark of a commission of the highest order — not a production piece, but a work conceived as a conversation between two artistic sensibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt over a metre in height, these urns are objects of institutional scale and museum quality. Suited to a grand salon, a formal dining room, or a double-height entrance hall, they represent the apex of nineteenth-century European decorative arts — opulent, confident, and utterly irreplaceable as a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: Width: 33 cm Height: 117 cm\u003cbr\u003eEach piece is unique and handmade to order.\u003cbr\u003eContact us to enquire about this piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Al Maleh House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446652534897,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"MAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2235\/2497\/files\/Firefly_GeminiFlash_Removebackground_purewhitestudio_keeppieceexactlyas-is_softshadowbeneath_745376.png?v=1781265109","url":"https:\/\/almalehhouse.com\/products\/monumental-napoleon-iii-porcelain-urns-hand-painted-turquoise-gilt-bronze-matching-pair","provider":"Al Maleh House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}